Momentky Wins Aristoteles Workshop Award

VAMA, ROMANIA: The five-week documentary Aristoteles Workshop ended on 17 August 2011 with the award of its main prize to Momentky, a 42 min film directed by Veronika Janeckova, produced…
28-08-2011

TLC Produces Bride Reality Series

WARSAW: The TLC channel is working on a Polish version of the British reality format Don't Tell The Bride, a first of many local productions planned for 2012. Don't Tell…
28-08-2011

FNE IDF DocBloc: HBO Call For Czech and Slovak Filmmakers

Following up on its Uncensored series, HBO Czech Republic has announced another call for documentary proposals from Czech and Slovak filmmmakers. The call is organized in cooperation with the Institute…
26-08-2011

Polish Films at Lincoln Center

WARSAW: On the initiative of the Polish Film Institute, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Polish Cultural Institute of New York are presenting a week of contemporary Polish…
25-08-2011

PRODUCTION: Czech's Najbrt Shoots Polish Film in Krakow

KRAKOW: Czech film director Marek Najbrt is shooting his new project entitled Polish Film. The shoot will continue in Krakow through September 2011. The premiere is planned for 2012 at…
25-08-2011

PRODUCTION: Digging for Life in Postproduction

BUCHAREST: Pavel Cuzuioc is in the last stages of postproduction with Doina groparilor/Digging for Life, a 55 min documentary he directed, wrote and shot for HBO Central Europe (www.hbo-centraleurope.com). The…
24-08-2011

PRODUCTION: Digging for Life in Postproduction

BUCHAREST: Pavel Cuzuioc is in the last stages of postproduction with Doina groparilor/Digging for Life, a 55 min documentary he directed, wrote and shot for HBO Central Europe (www.hbo-centraleurope.com). The…
24-08-2011

PRODUCTION: The Last Corrupted Man Begins Filming

BUCHAREST: Sergiu Nicolaescu is in production with The Last Corrupted Man, a sequel to Poker, the comedy that took the second spot in 2010 domestic box office in Romania with…
24-08-2011

RTVS Reports Q2 Surplus

BRATISLAVA: Slovak public broadcaster RTVS has reported a surplus of 5.4 billion euros for the first half of 2011. The station projects a balanced budget for the 2011 year.
23-08-2011

Game of Thrones Plans Croatia Shoot

Game of Thrones, the HBO series, will shoot portions of its second season in Croatia, HBO announced.
23-08-2011

PRODUCTION: Immortalitas in Postproduction

BRATISLAVA: Young Slovak director Erik Bosnak is finishing post-production on his debut feature, Immortalitas, the first Slovak 3D sci-fi film. It will be ready for release by September 2011.
23-08-2011

CzechTV Begins Search for New Director

PRAGUE: Czech TV announced that 36 people have applied for the position of director general, to replace retiring director Jiri Janacek.
22-08-2011

PRODUCTION: Zincograph Shooting in Sofia

SOFIA: Vladislav Todorov's film adaptation of Zincograph based on his novel started its long awaited shoot on 9 August 2011 and will end on 11 September. Production will take place…
22-08-2011

PRODUCTION: Warsaw Hangover Shooting in Warsaw

WARSAW: Łukasz Karwowski is shooting Kac WAWA (a play on words meaning Warsaw Hangover), a Polish comedy about a bachelor party gone wild. The shoot started on 9 April 2011…
21-08-2011

PRODUCTION: Komeda Animated Doc in Production

WARSAW: Komeda Nad Poznaniem (Komeda Over Poznań), an original documentary devoted to the Polish music composer Krzysztof Komeda Trzciński, is being shot in Warsaw. The premiere is planned for December…
21-08-2011

TVN Group adds Monolith Films to Pay TV

TVN, the operator of the 'n' DTH platform, has signed a long term agreement to add titles distributed by Monolith Films to its HD offer.
21-08-2011

FNE - IDF DocBloc: Plus Camerimage: Call For Entries

Plus Camerimage, an international film festival dedicated to the art of cinematography, takes place November 26 - December 3, 2011 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The festival is accepting submissions for its…
19-08-2011

PRODUCTION: Confidant in Final Postproduction

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Juraj Nvota (Muzika) has completed editing of the Slovak-Czech-Polish coproduction Confidant, scriptwriter and producer Ľubomír Slivka told FNE.
18-08-2011

Frozen Stories Nominated for EFA Award

LOCARNO: The Locarno IFF announced the selection of Frozen Stories by Grzegorz Jaroszuk as its nominee for the European Film Academy short film award.
18-08-2011

FESTIVALS: Slovak Fest Adds Animated Doc Section

PIESTANY, SLOVAKIA: The 6th International Film Festival Cinematik (www.cinematik.sk) taking place in Piestany, Slovakia, has added the section Docma: Animated Reality which will screen four films that combine animation and…
18-08-2011